A quantitative analysis of hydraulic interaction processes in stream-aquifer systems.
A quantitative analysis of hydraulic interaction processes in stream-aquifer systems.
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河流含水层系统水力相互作用过程的定量分析
DOI:
10.1038/srep19876
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发表时间:
2016-01-28
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Zhu L
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文献类型:
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作者:
Wang W;Dai Z;Zhao Y;Li J;Duan L;Wang Z;Zhu L
The hydraulic relationship between the stream and aquifer can be altered from hydraulic connection to disconnection when the pumping rate exceeds the maximum seepage flux of the streambed. This study proposes to quantitatively analyze the physical processes of stream-aquifer systems from connection to disconnection. A free water table equation is adopted to clarify under what conditions a stream starts to separate hydraulically from an aquifer. Both the theoretical analysis and laboratory tests have demonstrated that the hydraulic connectedness of the stream-aquifer system can reach a critical disconnection state when the horizontal hydraulic gradient at the free water surface is equal to zero and the vertical is equal to 1. A boundary-value problem for movement of the critical point of disconnection is established for an analytical solution of the inverted water table movement beneath the stream. The result indicates that the maximum distance or thickness of the inverted water table is equal to the water depth in the stream, and at a steady state of disconnection, the maximum hydraulic gradient at the streambed center is 2. This study helps us to understand the hydraulic phenomena of water flow near streams and accurately assess surface water and groundwater resources.